Combined mop and wringer



(No Model.)

G. SANGSTER & A. R. ORMSBY.

COMBINED MOP AND WRINGER.

Patented Oct; 15, 1889.

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CHARLES SANGSTER AND ALVA R. ORMSBY, OF MANSFIELD, ASSIGNORS TO SAIDORMSBY, AND NELLIE M. BRADMAN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

COBINED MOP AND WRINGERL SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 413,095, dated October 15, 1889.

Application filed July 9, 1889. Serial No. 316,979. (No model.)

T all whOm it may con rn: The cloth B is cylindrical and passes Be itknown that we, CHARLES SANGSTER through the holders f h. hen the handleand ALVA R. ORMSBY, both of Mansfield, in D is withdrawn into theposition shown in the county of Bristol, State of Massachusetts, Fig. 1,the holders f h register and the cloth 5 have invented certain new and,useful Imis looped in position for use in scrubbing.

provements in a Combined Mop and Viringer, By forcing the cap D downwardinto the poof which the following is a description sufiisition shown inFigs. 2 and 3 the rod g is ciently full, clear, and exact to enable anyprojected through the groove 1), causing the person skilled in the artor science to which holder h to be forced downward and distend IO saidinvention appertains to make and use the cloth 1%. By rotating the cap D011 the the same, reference being had to the accomhandle A the holder 7Lis revolved, (see dotted panying drawings, forming part of thisspecilines in Fig. 5,) twisting the cloth around the fication, in whichI rod g, and thereby wringing it in a manner Figure l is an elevation ofour improved readily understood without a more explicit r 5 mop, aportion of the rod being broken away description.

and the cloth in position for use; Fig. 2, a The cap D may be dispensedwith, if delike view showing the method of wringing; sired, and theupper end of the rod g looped Fig. 3, a sectional view of a portion ofthe at m to form a handle, the rod being retained 7o handle and cap;Fig. 4, top plan views of the in the slot by rivets 13, passing throughthe 20 handle, the cap being removed; Fig. 5, a botwalls thereof, asshown in Fig. 6.

tom plan view of the mop, the cloth being Owing to the construction ofthe handle A detached; and Fig. 6, a sectional view illus with thegroove 1), open at the side of the trating amodification of theimprovement. handle throughout the length thereof, the

Like letters of reference indicate correrod 9 can be quickly inserted inthe handle 25 sponding parts in the different figures of the whereby theparts are rapidly assembled in drawings. the manufacture of the mop.Moreover, the Our invention relates to a combined mop groove can be cutmore economically than by and wringer; and it consists in certain novela boring operation.

features hereinafter fully set forth and Having thus. explained ourinvention, what 30 claimed-the object being to produce a simwe claim ispler, cheaper, and more effective device of 1. The combination of amop-handle prothis character than is now in ordinary use. vided with alongitudinal groove, a cloth The nature and operation of the improveloopattached to said handle, a rod disposed ment will be readily understoodby all conin the groove in said handle, a cloth loop at- 3 5 versantwith such matters from the following tached to said rod, and a slidingcap on said explanation. handle, the upper end of said rod being se- Inthe drawings, Arepresents the mop-hancured to said cap, substantially asdescribed. dle, and B the cloth. The handle A is cir- 2. In a mop, thecombination of a handle cular in crosssection, and is provided with agrooved longitudinally, a ferrule on one end 40 longitudinal slot orgroove b. A sleeve or thereof, a cloth-holder on said ferrule, a cap'ferrule d is secured to the lower end of said sliding on the oppositeend of said handle, a handle, and to said ferrule a laterally-prorodsliding in said groove and secured to jecting cloth loop or holder f issecured at said cap, and a holder on said rod, substanone side thegroove '12. A rod 9 is fitted to tially as described. 45 slidelongitudinally in the groove Z), and a cloth loop or holder h is securedto the lower CHARLES SANGSTER. end of said rod, said holders f hregistering ALVA R. ORMSBY.

when the rod is withdrawn, as in Figs. 1 and 5.

A cap or handle proper D is fitted to slide \Vitnesses: 50 on the upperend of the handle A, the corre- J. M. VVESTERVELT, sponding end of therod g being bent att'and J. D. H. BERGEN. secured in the head j of saidcap.

